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Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay

Kategorie
Cultural
Land
France
Einschreibungsjahr
1981
Kriterien
(iv)
UNESCO-ID
165

Beschreibung

This stark Burgundian monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. With its church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and ironworks, it is an excellent illustration of the ideal of self-sufficiency as practised by the earliest communities of Cistercian monks.